If You Say So - John Philbrick & Steve Maggiora (2023) - Digital Download

Guitarist John Philbrick, whose L.A. session work led him to meet future collaborators Justin Gariano and Dusty Schaller (Evanescence, Evaride, Reignwolf) and vocalist/keyboardist Steve Maggiora (Toto, Robert Jon & The Wreck), will release his debut full-length album, If You Say So, via TuneCore on all major DSPs, Friday, July 14. Recorded at Heartbeats principals Gariano and Schaller’s TreeHaus Recording in Woodland Hills, CA, mixed by GRAMMY-winning Ross Hogarth (Edgar Winter, Van Halen, Doobie Brothers), and mastered by GRAMMY-winning Richard Dodd (The Black Keys, Larkin Poe, Tom Petty, Boz Scaggs), the album offers a showcase for Philbrick’s eclectic guitar style. Growing up, Philbrick was influenced by classic rock bands such as Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses and Nirvana which eventually led him to his discover blues greats like B.B. and Albert King. With his formal training at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Philbrick studied more formal technical players lik